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Prologue

Smoke rose from the barrel of the gun she had unloaded a moment ago, the bullets now resting in the startled man's chest. Her arms began to shake as the emptied piece suddenly felt like lead in her hands. He collapsed to the ground, fingers scratching at the sheering pain raking his body, mouth opening and closing, trying to make sense of what happened.

His whole body trembled as he gasped for air and the criminal tried to emit a sound from his throat, but she must've hit somewhere vital to breathe becuase nothing came out. Her own vision was blurring together, his face became misty as she tried to focus on his handsome features.

She lowered her gun, eyes wide, staring at the writhing man below as his kicks lessened to struggles, becoming twitches, and finally settled to faint breathing, before even that stopped. His eyes began to dull as the door burst open in front of her. A blonde, blue-eyed officer held a raised gun at her before his eyes drifted down to the pooling blood sinking into the carpet.

"A-Are you okay?" He asked breathlessly, unsure how to react before realizing his gun was still pointed at her. He quickly put it away as he kneeled down, checking the man for a pulse.

She knew he was dead, it was obvious from his blank eyes staring at the ceiling and hands that were no longer scratching the holes. The holes she gave him from her brown-handled handpiece.

Her head shook violently as she stumbled away, "What have I done? He's dead! I just killed him!" She whispered, sinking to her knees. "Oh God, forgive me."

The other officer quickly left the corpse and wrapped his strong arms around her, "It's okay...it's okay...your safe now. He can't hurt you anymore, and it's over. It's over." He hushed her, rocking back and forth with her right cheek resting against his chest.

She continued to eye the body over, sobs coming out of her throat, "You don't understand. Matt...I just killed Kol. KOL as in Elijah's brother. What am I going to tell him! What's going to happen?" Her breathing rate increased, "He's going to kill me. No worse, he'll tell Klaus."

Matt continued to hold onto her, tears forming in his own eyes as the situation dawned on him. He pulled away from her, hands still clasped on her shoulders.

"Don't worry, I'm getting you out of here. I'll tell the Chief, and he'll send you away. You'll be safe somewhere else. Make a new identity, and we'll keep this under wraps for as long as possible. I swear I won't let Klaus find you. Ever." He faintly promised, knowing even that would be impossible, but he gazed deeply into her green eyes anyway. His partner didn't need to know she was probably doomed, not now.

Her eyes widened, "No! I can't! I have a life! A career! I can't leave Matt!" She cried. Matt shook his head in response.

"You have to. You don't have a choice. I'm so sorry." He murmured, pain stabbing his heart.

"But...but...but what of Elijah? Matt I'm engaged to him! I love him!" She cried, holding her hand to prove she had her ring on, proving that none of this was happening because of the jewelry that gave away her love, proving she was sorry, because damn, she just killed her fiancé's brother.

Matt gently grabbed her hand in his own, and she watched as he slide it off her finger and slipped it in his pocket. She looked up at him in a daze, too confused to stop the movement.

"Not anymore you're not, forget him, forget everything that's happened here, in New Orleans. He's a crime lord, and it doesn't matter how much he loves you or vica versa because Kol is dead. He is finally dead, and vengeance will rain down on you if he finds out about this, and he will unless you escape. Please, trust me." He begged still holding onto her small and slim hands.

She glanced down at her shaking fingers in his and suddenly it all crashed down on her. She, a police office, had killed Kol Mikleson, a top lieutenant in a gang family, which the love of her life was second in command. Her happy home as she knew it was over. All over.

Her and Elijah were in love, but not even this will be able to protect them, for his and Klaus's wrath will destroy them.

She numbly nodded her head, "Okay Matt. Okay. I'll leave. Now. But where shall I go?"

"I'll call a favor in Mystic Falls, you can get a spot on the PD there. As soon as you're on your way I'll call this in directly to the captain. Pack your things, and I'll take care of it." Matt instructed. The woman nodded silently again as she rose to her feet. She glanced at him and then the body before taking a wide berth around him to reach the door.

"Wait Bonnie..." Matt called. She halted, resting her hand on the doorframe as she turned around to meet his eyes. He took a breath, looking over at Kol and eyes trailing back to her, an ache in his heart, "you...you did good today." He choked out.

Bonnie gently smiled through tears, knowing this was their farewell, "Thank you Matt. For everything." And she disappeared through the door. Matt knew this will be the last time he'll see her in a long long time, and though they never embraced he could still feel his best friend's hand in his.

And he missed her before she even left the room.

A/N: Ah the angst...

This is my very first Vampire Diaries story, and I have a lot planned.

Throughout the story I'm not really going to have any set pairings, but reviews and how the story goes will determine who will be with who. As you noticed Bonnie and Elijah were engaged, strange pairing, I know, but it just felt...right I guess.

Also Matt and Bonnie are police officers who are partners, if that wasn't clear, and they are nothing more than best friends.

I hope you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed writing it! Thank you all for reading and please review :)

See ya next time!